Social 10-1 Unit 1

Question 1

Globalization

Answer 1

Change in the world through the industry and events historically

Question 2

Context

Answer 2

Something that helps explain something or something that forms events

Question 3

Role Model

Answer 3

Someone somebody looks up to

Question 4

Collective Identity

Answer 4

An identity of a group of people

Question 5

Individual Identity

Answer 5

The identity of a single person

Question 6

Jargon

Answer 6

Terms used by members of a profession

Question 7

Slang

Answer 7

Terms used by members of a collective

Question 8

Dimensions of Globalization

Answer 8

• Political
• Economic
• Environmental
• Social/Cultural

Question 9

Transnationals

Answer 9

A business that operates overseas such as McDonalds

Question 10

Multinationals

Answer 10

A country operating in several countries

Question 11

Media Concentration

Answer 11

When fewer media companies control news allowing them to control what people learn and see

Question 12

Media Convergance

Answer 12

When several forms of media merge through technology

Question 13

Economies of Scale

Answer 13

Achieved when companies increase production and lower costs making production and profit more efficient

Question 14

Biodiversity

Answer 14

When there is a variety of living things in an area

Question 15

Homogenization

Answer 15

When people and things become the same or even similar through exposure from media

Question 16

Acculturation

Answer 16

Assimilation to a different more dominant culture

Question 17

Accommodation

Answer 17

Accomodating would be the same as helping through housing and arrangements like pricing etc.

Question 18

Assimilation

Answer 18

When the minority is forced into the majority

Question 19

Cultural Revitalization

Answer 19

The bringing back of cultural practices and rituals

Question 20

Digital Divide

Answer 20

The divide of technology from developed and developing countries

Question 21

Propaganda

Answer 21

Biased information with the intent of misleading nature

Question 22

Pop Culture

Answer 22

Short for popular culture. Aimed towards younger people.

Question 23

Universalization

Answer 23

When things begin to become the same

Question 24

Hybridization

Answer 24

The blending of several different cultures to form a new culture

Ex. Quebecois french in Canada stemming from english and french

Question 25

Cultural Content Laws

Answer 25

A law in place to keep Canadian culture constantly in media in order to keep the general culture alive

Question 26

Cultural Diversity

Answer 26

When there are 2 or more cultures creating diversity in beliefs and traditions